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There are 6 Major Chinese Calligraphy scripts! Can you name them?

There are six major Chinese calligraphic scripts or styles used write Chinese, Japanese kanji, and Korean .

Printed Chinese characters are usually based on "Regular" Script Kaishu.

There I've given you the first one!

Many street and shop signs use "clerical" script which is called ... what in Chinese?

There are two other scripts that omit some strokes.

One has a name referring to plants and the other a name in English that describes its tendency to change angles into ...

The other two are more archaic aND nowadays their major use is on a certain type of small carved stone ...

Please do not just make a list of links.

Write something that suggests you actually have done calligraphy or at least read all the way thru whatever article you googled.

Do not list the 6 Semantic types of characters!!!

You can use Wades Giles Pinyin Yale or the Japanese names of the script forms in your answer.

Hi Jeevee, there are two things I need to tell you. First of all, I am no expert in the subject of Chinese Calligraphy. While it is true that I have seen different styles of calligraphy throughout my life, and yet I see them as their aesthetic selves, rather than something that is catalogued and studied. My mistake. Second, thank you for posting such an educational question. Because of this, I got to discuss the topic with colleagues and had a good time learning from them.

You asked for six major Calligraphic Styles? All the people I asked today can only enumerate five at the most. Here they are:

2.) 篆書 (ㄓㄨㄢˋ ㄕㄨ， zhuàn shū) originating from the Qin Dynasty, a form of calligraphy that marked the beginning of the standardization of the Chinese Script. I believe you referred to it as archaic?

http://www.chinese-artists.net/ccahk/wangzhanghong/work1.jpg

3.) 隸書 (ㄌㄧˋ ㄕㄨ，lì shū) is 篆書 (zhuàn shū) simplified, with more pronounced vertical and horizontal lines. This is the calligraphic style prevalent in the Han Dynasty, and is your "clerical" script.

http://art.2222.idv.tw/%BA%A9%B9C%A4%A4%B0%EA%AE%D1%AAk/head/%AA%F7%B1e%A4p%BB%A1/%BB%AF%AB%ED%B1%A7%C1%F5%AE%D1%BBp%B1N%ADx%B8%D6.gif

4.) 草書 (ㄘㄠˇ ㄕㄨ，cǎo shū) the cursive script. In my own defintion, this would be Chinese shorthand. 草 in Chinese is grass, need I say more?

http://www2.tokai.or.jp/seijyo/images/img42.jpg

5.) 行書 (ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄨ，xíng shū) the semi-cursive script. A calligraphic style that has a continuous flow while keeping the form of the character intact. Well, almost intact. A colleague of mine considers this his favorite because of its natural vibrancy.

http://www.ytit.edu.tw/project02/%B9%CF%A4%F9/%BE%C7%A5%CD%A6%E6%AE%D1%A7@%AB~-01.jpg

6.) 楷書 (ㄎㄞˇ ㄕㄨ，kǎi shū) this is your "regular" script, and the one I am most familiar with, because the books I read in school were all printed in this style. This is your common Chinese "lettering."
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* Aside from friends' input, I also did some research and came across a site that revealed your missing sixth calligraphic style (if my suspicions are correct.) I assign it No. 1 because this style is even earlier than 篆書 (zhuàn shū):

1.) 金文 ( ㄐㄧㄣㄨㄣˊ，jīn wén) is a calligraphic style found inscripted on ancient bronze vessels, Western Zhou Dynasty (circa 1046 BC - 771 BC.)

http://www.gjart.cn/managegjart/eWebEditor/UploadFile/2006315141513330.jpg

That's about it. I believe I have laid out before you the evolution of Chinese Calligraphy. Also found in the link below is a much much earlier form of writing. It's called 甲骨文 (ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄍㄨˇ ㄨㄣˊ，jiǎ gǔ wén), writings incised on tortoise shells (and other animal bones) used in ancient divinations, period in time at the latter half of the Shang Dynasty (Yin circa 1200-1050 B.C.) Because this form of writing was done with sharp objects, you can therefore imagine how rough and sketchy it must look. Sorry, but I can't find any illustration of this in the web.
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Additional: I believe the first link below works only during daytimes. I therefore provide the second link which is the cached file of the original first link.
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Thanks to Bryan Q for sharing information:
a.) 大篆 (ㄉㄚˋㄓㄨㄢˋ，dà zhuàn) Greater Zhuan
b.) 小篆 (ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄓㄨㄢˋ，xiǎo zhuàn) Smaller Zhuan
Below is a comparison chart differentiating Greater Zhuan and Smaller Zhuan.

http://www.ngensis.com/ngw/NGW1-08.JPG

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